Success Story

BU supports a long list of technology platforms, each of which was chosen intentionally to serve a particular purpose and meet a particular need. EdTech is often tasked with evaluating platforms to determine if they still meet our university’s needs, and evaluating whether the adoption of a new platform could significantly benefit our students and

In 2009, the College of General Studies began using Digication eportfolios for all students, redefining and deepening how both students and faculty understood the impact of the program’s learning experience. Nearly a decade ago Boston University’s College of General Studies realized the need for a better way to make students’ progress tangible. Some universities use exams

For this article we interviewed nine students from four of BU’s colleges, with eight different majors and a range of experiences with educational technology. They spoke about the challenges and successes they have experienced with educational technology, the programs that they like and dislike, and specifically what their instructors have done or could do to aid their

This highly successful online program, one of the first fully online Masters Degree in Social Work programs in the nation, has opened study to students who cannot easily commit to a residential program in Boston. It has been a major contributor to the school’s rise in rankings. Credits to: Funding from Boston University School of

The Geddes Language Center offers students individualized practice in listening and understanding. Since its opening, the Geddes staff have continually upgraded the Center’s language resources, as part of the Center’s commitment to providing an extensive humanities resource for the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the Boston University community. We visited the Center’s 42-station

Dr. Sherell McArthur, an Education and Sociology professor in the School of Education, prepares her students for the social inequality issues they might face in their teaching careers. In 2012 at Georgia State University McArthur started a Facebook group for her sociology class: Critical and Contemporary Issues in Education. In 2015 McArthur came to BU to teach

Professor Andy Andres, a biology teacher at Boston University’s College of General Studies, is also a leading expert on sabermetrics, the science and art of baseball analytics. After teaching the course for many years as a lecturer for his alma mater, Tufts University, he worked with BU’s Digital Learning Initiative to create a BU MOOC,

Bruce Anderson, full professor and associate chair in the Department of Earth & Environment, wanted to solve the problem of making a multidisciplinary course accessible to students from multiple fields of study and with widely varying skill and background. With guidance and funding from BU’s Center for Teaching & Learning and technology assistance from the

After an Earth & Science undergraduate course became a mandatory part of a multidisciplinary undergraduate program, meeting the needs of students with diverse backgrounds posed a significant teaching challenge. Physics Professor Bruce Anderson created his own online video lectures and exercises, which the students had to complete before class. This was followed by in-class reviews

Over the past year Abbas Attarwala, lecturer in computer science with BU’s College of Arts & Sciences, has changed his students’ learning experience through the use of Microsoft OneNote, supplemental online videos and workshops. OneNote is a note-taking application that allows him to make his classes interactive, switching between lecture slides and hand-drawn notes, diagrams and